History

around 800
Franconian King’s court
1117
First official documentary mention of “Villa Suabach”
approx. 1371
Schwabach granted a town charter
1528/29
In the course of the Reformation, the “Articles of Schwabach” form the basis for the “Augsburg Confessions”
since the mid 16th century
Schwabach is one of the four main mint towns of the Franconian kingdom
1632
Schwabach taken by the Wallenstein troops
from 1650
Protestant refugees from the Upper Palatinate (Oberpfalz) and Austrian religious refugees settle in Schwabach and the neighbourhood
from 1686
French Huguenots are welcomed into the town and provide new commercial impulse
1791/92
Schwabach comes under Prussian supremacy
1806
In the reorganisation of territories, Schwabach becomes part of the newly founded kingdom of Bavaria
1818
Schwabach is granted the status of its own administrative district which, apart from a ten-year interruption during the time of the NS government, it has maintained to the present day
1972
Despite certain concessions as a result of incorporations, Schwabach emerges from the Bavarian district reform stronger than it was before.
1979
Europa-Nostra Medal 1979 is awarded to Schwabach, as the first German town, for the successful renovation of the town centre